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According to Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR):

“Hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” is a natural gas extraction process that is proving to have negative consequences for human health and for climate change. Fracking for natural gas extraction creates potentially harmful health effects along its entire life cycle: the hydraulic fracturing technique itself, as well as associated processes including road building, pad clearing, truck trips, drilling, cementing, flowback waters, offgassing, fugitive emissions, compressors, and pipelines. Among the most serious sources of concern are:

“It is clear that the proposed endeavor to extract oil and gas has major implications for human health. As the budgets of the hospitals are cut progressively, I wonder how are we going to manage with the added burden of a environmental health disaster on top of HIV and the lifestyle diseases we have to cope with?” – Dr Dela Maiwald; South African Health Professional.